# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 2: Conditions for making an IP address suspension order

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A judge may grant an application for an IP address suspension order if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that conditions 1 to 4 are met in relation to the IP address to which the application relates.
(2) Condition 1 is that the IP address is being used for the purposes of serious crime (see paragraph 19).
(3) Condition 2 is that—
(a) a UK person is using the IP address for the purposes of serious crime,
(b) a UK person is a victim of the serious crime for the purposes of which the IP address is being used,
(c) the IP address is being used for the purposes of serious crime connected with unlicensed gambling, or
(d) the IP address is allocated to a device located in the United Kingdom.
(4) Condition 3 is that it is necessary and proportionate to prevent access to the IP address to prevent it being used for the purposes of serious crime.
(5) Condition 4 is that—
(a) access to the IP address will not be prevented unless an IP address suspension order is made, or
(b) if access to the IP address is prevented otherwise than in accordance with an IP address suspension order, there will be serious prejudice to the prevention, restriction or disruption of the serious crime for the purposes of which the IP address is being used.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/18/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-2
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